Pseudoplesiops

Genus of fishes

Pseudoplesiops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Pseudoplesiopinae
Genus: Pseudoplesiops
Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Pseudoplesiops typus
Bleeker 1858

Pseudoplesiops is a genus of dottyback fishes currently with ten described species. They are distributed in the south Pacific and in the Indian Ocean as far west as the Maldive Islands.

Species

  • Pseudoplesiops annae (Weber, 1913) (Anna's dottyback)
  • Pseudoplesiops collare A.C. Gill, Randall & Edwards, 1991 (Collared dottyback)
  • Pseudoplesiops howensis Allen, 1987 (Lord Howe dottyback)
  • Pseudoplesiops immaculatusA.C. Gill & Edwards, 2002 (Immaculate dottyback)
  • Pseudoplesiops occidentalis A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2002
  • Pseudoplesiops revellei Schultz, 1953 (Bearded Dottyback)
  • Pseudoplesiops rosae Schultz, 1943 (Rose Island Basslet)
  • Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker, 1858 (Hidden Basslet)
  • Pseudoplesiops wassi A.C. Gill & Edwards, 2003 (Fleckfin Dottyback)

References

  • Fishbase entry for Pseudoplesiops
  • Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific A.C. GILL & A.J. EDWARDS
Taxon identifiers
Pseudoplesiops


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